Audemars Piguet’s new timepiece is an Outrage!

The Diamond Outrage is a cuff watch of rare explosive style.

The timepiece is set with precious stones in a brilliant array of cuts

There’s no contesting the fact that Audemars Piguet creates some of the most distinguishable timepieces in the world.

This year, the luxury watch manufacturer is pulling out all stops for a “brilliantly shocking, boldly unique” design.

The Diamond Outrage—the third and final design in the trilogy of one-of-a-kind Haute Joaillerie timepieces—is a cuff watch of rare explosive style that marks a shift in artistic Haute Joaillerie design.

After the success of 2015’s Diamond Punk and 2016’s Diamond Fury, Audemars Piguet’s Diamond Outrage is presented in two unique 18-carat white gold pieces, fully set either with white diamonds or blue sapphires.

Glinting with the icy fascination of the Vallée de Joux in winter, the timepiece is set with precious stones in a brilliant array of cuts. It almost is a miniature lookalike—albeit a diamante-encrusted one—of the Iron Throne that has everyone in a tizzy on the hit show Game of Thrones.

The glittering spikes (which almost look like the regular knuckle duster got a luxurious upgrade) come in various sizes—ranging from 29.30mm to 40mm—using the snow-setting technique.

The diamonds are set so close together that the jewel’s white-gold frame is almost rendered invisible, creating a luminous effect.

Invisible setting, another rare technique, is used for each of the three distinctive baguette-cut diamond points featured on the full diamond version. The linear-cut diamonds appear to float, held perfectly in place as if no setting was required.